Design
Methodology
for Fashion
Mrunali Likhar
BD/19/159
Design
Design is the discipline where arts
and
science
come
together
to
materialise ideas, techniques and
experiences that the user enjoys. I say
this from the perspective of an aspiring
UI/UX designer, who is in constant
pursuit of pushing my creative as well
as technical skills to deliver the best
possible products to the end-user.
UX design
Product design
UI design
Design applies both for tangible as well as intangible
products and experiences, as it is the discipline which deals with
how we perceive our reality.
This discipline has the power to influence the way we
experience the world around us and directly affects our thoughts,
emotions and reactions to the world around us. And one of the
most useful skill for a designer is the ability to empathise.
Empathy is the foremost skill required in devising a strategy for
design. And this skill combined with the creative outlook and
technical representation capabilities of a designer, enable the
designer to build upon existing things and innovate.
A designers job is to use his/her’s knowledge of how things
are perceived by the user to achieve the set goals of a product.
Design can be termed as an act of communication. Design’s
purpose is to communicate with the user in efficient ways. And a
good designer understands the depth of this and knows the user
in ways, the user himself doesn’t understand.
“Good design is obvious, great design is transparent”
-Joe Sparano
ART
Art is a medium of expression for the limitless bounds of human
imagination. It is a free space where human thoughts are manifested
into physical representations of it. Art in its true definition can been
observed and found in infinite different places and forms.
Rembrandt's Self-Portrait with
Two Circles
I'M LOSING YOUR MIND by Robin
Amora
Mughal Stone Inlay
Although we have been fed the idea of it mostly being in form of
paintings, sculptures, etc. Art can be found in even the remotest of
places and could be man made or a seeming miracle of nature.
Looking around, one realises to appreciate art by the simple
process of observance. Art does not have a language, but rather an
expected sense of emotion triggered. This emotion may not be fixed,
and so we realise this very perplexing nature of art that it’s not
experienced in the same way by everyone. It’s a rollercoaster of
emotions, and artists are the people who embellish this flow of
emotions onto inanimate objects to be immortalised.
Art observed in nature
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
-Thomas Merton
Fashion
Fashion is a word used to describe a trend or a popular choice,
we assume it to be about clothes and accessories. Infact fashion can
be used to describe anything that a particular group person finds
tasteful.
Historically, fashion has always been a slow changing in the
context of clothes. As people used to prefer functionality over form,
with visual form being given the lowest of priorities. But as the
standard of living got better, the undying thirst of humans to find
beauty in form came to be increasingly represented widely by the
cloths that they wear.
Clothes have become
a
statement
that
represents a lot about the
person who is sporting it.
It has changed time and
again
throughout
the
millennia. And has always
been made possible due
to the advances in the
techniques used to make
the
articles.
The
techniques
that
made
these articles worn by
people widespread were
responsible for making it a
trend. And with the advent
of mass manufacturing
and affordability, fashion
has become an intergral
part of an individual's life.
“Fashion
always
comes back to you, but
in a different form”
Me
Craft
Craft, could be better understood as being a set of skill an artist
or designer possesses to represent his/her’s thought in a tangible
object. Crafts has always been an essential part of human society
and has had impact on our society in ways we wouldn’t be able to
fathom in an entire human lifetime.
Craft includes a very wide range of set of practices that one
must master to be able to use them to their full potential. Crafts are
a bizarre subset of art, where there is some kind of defined structure
and rules are to be followed to freely express emotion that the artist
intends. Such is the dichotomy of arts.
Crafts have been a
centerpiece of history
and have been a
representation of
people, displaying their
identity to the world. It’s
almost developed along
the same lines as
science, evolving into a
tradition.
Historically, crafts have
been a source of
livelihood for the people
practicing them.People
practicing these arts
have learned and evolved
their techniques over
many years, resulting in
them knowing very
specific details, that was
thought to be only
gathered from through
scientific analysis. For
example metal workers
since millenia have known
about intricacies
surrounding the specifics
of various metals.
“Craft can get you through ninety percent of a piece, but it's art that
carries you at the end.”
-Stephen Graham Jones